ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
2 Kings 6:1
"Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city."
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was, during a great part of his long
career, intimately mixed up with the political and military fortunes
of his co... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FAMINE AND THE SIEGE
2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 7:1
"‘Tis truly no flood plan when princes play
The vulture among carrion; but when
They play the carrion among vultures-that
Is ten times worse."
-LESSING, " _ Nathan the Wise_, " Act I, Sc. 3
IF the Benhadad, King of Syria, who reduced Samaria t... [ Continue Reading ]